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New comment by Kaze404 in "Ask HN: Digital nomad without leaving the US, why does it feel overlooked?"

Kaze404 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 21:51:24 +0000

Sorry, I think I didn't express myself properly. My point was that the people involved in those movements unfortunately are not allowed to stop caring about them, as the problems they denounce won't magically go away.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Ask HN: Digital nomad without leaving the US, why does it feel overlooked?"

Kaze404 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 18:33:43 +0000

There is way too much to unpack in this comment, so I'll just laser focus on how incredible it is that you somehow managed to rationalize "we are ok with trans people existing" and "they should live by the rules of the majority, not how they want to live" as two non-conflicting statements, when they are so very obviously contradictory. If there is a condition attached to a group of people existing, then you're not really ok with their existance.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Ask HN: Digital nomad without leaving the US, why does it feel overlooked?"

Kaze404 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 14:38:22 +0000

Out of curiosity, why does being an immigrant make you lean towards conservatism? You realize one of the biggest conservative talking points in the past 4 years is how immigrants are “stealing” their jobs?

New comment by Kaze404 in "Ask HN: Digital nomad without leaving the US, why does it feel overlooked?"

Kaze404 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 02:47:17 +0000

Must be nice to be able to not care about those things.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Win32 Is the Only Stable ABI on Linux?"

Kaze404 — Wed, 17 Aug 2022 00:27:55 +0000

I am most definitely talking about Sims 2. I play the Origin version through Lutris, from when they gave it away for free.

New comment by Kaze404 in "One dead and nine wounded after accident with self-driving car"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:23:56 +0000

We're in agreement then. My ideal world is one where we have cities designed for public transportation (including walking), which would eliminate or at the very least reduce the current problems those methods of transportation currently have for everyone, while the current system provides somewhat efficient transportation but only for those who can afford it. I think spending money and human resources into improving cars instead of public transportation just exacerbates that problem, so it just frustrates me on a personal level to see that this is the direction we're headed to.

New comment by Kaze404 in "One dead and nine wounded after accident with self-driving car"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:19:44 +0000

The problem is we're currently living in the opposite situation, one which is so normalized most people don't even realize it. We have entire cities built around and for cars instead of people, with public transportation treated as an afterthought and just walking to places not even considered as a possibility. I wouldn't want to force public transportation on people either, but pretending the alternative of forcing cars on everyone else is better, desirable or not current isn't productive.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Show HN: I made a tool to hide HN usernames and reduce bias"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:27:12 +0000

It wasn't even 30 minutes ago that I read someone defending a nuclear war as it would (paraphrasing) "solve the problem of overpopulation while also taking down some commies".

New comment by Kaze404 in "Should You Be Using Python’s Walrus Operator? (Yes. and Here’s Why)"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:23:59 +0000

I like the regex example, but the others wouldn't pass code review from me, unfortunately. Reducing a couple lines isn't worth the code being less obvious.

New comment by Kaze404 in "One dead and nine wounded after accident with self-driving car"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 13:16:10 +0000

The reason why I'm against self driving cars is simply the fact that they're cars at all. I sincerely have no idea why we are collectively spending so much time and resources to avoid the solution we've had for years: public transportation. I would much rather live in a world where I have to deal with the minor inconvenience that is waiting 20 minutes for a train to arrive but get to my destination cheaply and easily than all the insane beaurocracy and overhead that comes with cars existing at all.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Gen Z have 86% less purchasing power compared to baby boomers in their twenties"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 01:57:49 +0000

How do you know people want these things? Do you actually think “yay! I love that this new game has a battle pass system and lootboxes” is a common sentiment? The point is that there is no choice. Sure, companies are very likely making more money off these systems than otherwise, but to say this is because people want it doesn’t ring true to me, simply because they can’t just pivot to a similar game without them, or avoid it entirely. Games like Fortnite are so predatory on monetization that they strip you out of even choosing the base nothingburger characters available for free, instead randomizing which one you get per match to force you to buy something to even have a consistent player model you somewhat like. That kids, a demographic that’s by nature desperate to express themselves, spend piles of money on these systems is no surprise. Not to mention the fact that they’re too young to know there’s even an alternative at all.

There’s also mountains of evidence that contradict the statement that a game without a battle pass won’t succeed. One of the most profitable and respected MMOs currently is Final Fantasy XIV, a game that has nothing like it, in the genre that had micro-transactions and lootboxes before most people even heard the terms. Middle Earth Shadows of War is also a great game that was ruined by loot boxes and progression systems, where the outcry was so big that the developers completely removed them after the fact.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Gen Z have 86% less purchasing power compared to baby boomers in their twenties"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:28:47 +0000

This might sound like an extreme take, but I want people who don’t work hard to be able to live.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Gen Z have 86% less purchasing power compared to baby boomers in their twenties"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:22:40 +0000

The down payment is probably more significant than what your comment lets on. While I haven’t experienced this, it’s not uncommon to hear young people complain that their rent is more expensive than a lease and there’s nothing to be done about it because they can’t afford the down payment.

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Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:20:31 +0000

It’s not conspirational to assume that advertising and marketing is part of forming the status quo, by virtue of those fields literally exploiting human weaknesses to do so. If they simply reflected what consumer want, not only would they not have a reason to exist, but if they did they wouldn’t need to resort to endless amounts of FOMO to get you to buy Season 329 of their Battle Pass.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Gen Z have 86% less purchasing power compared to baby boomers in their twenties"

Kaze404 — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 00:16:17 +0000

I took a sabbatical month between jobs, living in a (somewhat cushy) emergency fund, and while we were traveling my partner got sick with something and had to be rushed to a hospital. I called an ambulance at 7AM, and by noon she was back in bed, medicated and feeling much better. We didn’t spend a single dime, not even on the medication, and it’s crazy to me to think that if we were in the US that experience would’ve basically bankrupt us for no reason other than bad timing.

It’s in these moments that the fact that I’ve paid an absurd amount in taxes over the years just… disappears.

New comment by Kaze404 in "MacBook Air M1 screen crack for no apparent reason"

Kaze404 — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:35:01 +0000

Who is "us" here? Abusive customers? I can't fathom someone coming into a store being nice as expected and a retail over fucking them over just because.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Win32 Is the Only Stable ABI on Linux?"

Kaze404 — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:31:35 +0000

> if none of those 2 work, you're out of luck

That's not true. There are multiple tools for managing multiple versions of Wine and Wine-related tools for gaming, the oldest one being PlayOnLinux. Lutris is the most widely used one, and works great in my experience.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Win32 Is the Only Stable ABI on Linux?"

Kaze404 — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 22:30:38 +0000

I'm not entirely sure what the point of updating Wine is in the first place. If you have a version that works with the game you're trying to play, why not pin it? Things definitely tend to break with Wine upgrades by nature of what Wine does, that's why it's common for people to have multiple versions of Wine installed.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Win32 Is the Only Stable ABI on Linux?"

Kaze404 — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:12:24 +0000

> Please use wine for more than a few months before commenting on how good it is.

I’ve used it for several years, and even to play Sims 2 from time to time, and while I’ve had issues the experience only gets better over time. It’s gotten to the point where I can confidently install any game on my Steam library and expect it to run. And be right most of the time.

New comment by Kaze404 in "Win32 Is the Only Stable ABI on Linux?"

Kaze404 — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 19:10:25 +0000

I’m a huge fan of Wine, but there’s no reason to run Factorio under it. The native Linux version works flawlessly from my experience, and I’m even using a distro where problems with native binaries are common.